CT density of cervical thymus, in comparison with mediastinal thymus
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Cervical thymus in the mouse.
Although thymic ectopy has long been recognized in humans, the functional activity or potential immunological significance of this thymic tissue is unknown. In this study, we describe murine thymic ectopy, cervical thymic tissue that possesses the same general organization as the thoracic thymus, that is able to support T cell differentiation, and that can export T cells to the periphery. Unexp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insights into Imaging
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI: 10.1186/s13244-019-0781-z